Shoppers and employees at a Columbus, Ohio convenience store have had fewer people hanging around and hassling customers since the business started blaring classical music.

Customers told WBNS-TV that loitering declined quickly outside the United Dairy Farmers location in the Columbus Short North neighborhood. Workers who've also noticed a change said the new music went on earlier this week as part of upgrades at the store.

Shopper Allie Beck said the classical music is loud - she can hear it all the way down the street. But she said it's an improvement over all the people who used to ask for change or bother passers-by outside the store.

A little culture never hurt anyone.

? An overcrowded prison in northeastern Brazil added a new layer of security against escapes: two geese.

Sobral prison warden Wellington Picanco told the G1 news website the geese make a lot of noise when they sense "strange movements." He said the geese roaming the prison grounds also will help alert guards to the outbreak of violence among rival gangs at the overcrowded facility.

The prison was built to hold 153 inmates and currently holds 255.

? Most inmates are trying to get out of prison, but authorities say they caught a California parolee trying to sneak back in.

Corrections Sgt. Tony Quinn said Marvin Lane Ussery, 48, was spotted late Wednesday night scaling the 7-foot tall, barbed wire-topped fence that encircles a large wooded area behind the California State Prison in Sacramento.

Quinn said Ussery served time at New Folsom for robbery before he was paroled in June 2009.

Officials are investigating whether Ussery was attempting to smuggle in drugs or cell phones, but say they haven't found any contraband.

Ussery is being held in Sacramento County Jail on suspicion of violating his parole and being an ex-convict on prison property.

The computers, known as Mobile Data Terminals, are fastened to the breast collars and lie on the horses' backs.

Lt. Dan Assef, who oversees the mounted patrol unit, told The Courier-Journal the computers give horseback officers access to emergency dispatch and the police department's records management system instead of having to call in for information.

The terminals are similar to the kind of computers in police cruisers, but run on batteries.

Lt. Robert Schroeder, who oversees technology for the department, said each device costs about $3,300, and police currently have around eight.